a Weaver
a Fiber Artist
a Mixed Media Artist
an Educator
a Dyer
a Fabric Designer
I was born and raised in North Carolina and currently live in Charlotte with my two dogs. I love the outdoors and enjoy camping, hiking and biking. I have always enjoyed making things with my own hands and have spent most of my life drawing, painting, paper making and creating mixed media art. I enjoy experiencing the raw materials and envisioning what they want to be. The art, for me, is in combining the textures and colors in ways people don't expect. I've transitioned from a very structured artist to one that can appreciate the "happy accidents" that come with creating things by hand.
I found weaving by accident after attending a wet felting class at the Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair in 2015. I love exploring various types of looms, styles of weaving, as well as experimenting how I can blend it with other fiber arts such as felting and hand dyeing. Weaving is very rhythmic and zen like. It is great for meditating after a stressful day. My favorite looms include frame, pin and tapestry looms, but also enjoy rigid heddle, inkle band, and floor looms. Weaving satisfies the duality in me. It is very structured and reproducible but with the colors & textures of yarns, the thousands of weave patterns and multitude of looms, everything is one of a kind.
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35 years of experience
